why do people dislike lord of the rings? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Tarien Ithil · 06-15-2003, 12:11 AM

Why do people dislike LOTR?

Since you have seen evidence that some people are REALLY passionate about insulting LOTR (read the above), you’d see that people have such different opinions!

Like all of you, I can’t believe that people could say such hateful things about LOTR because I’m quite protective over my passions and I get upset if anyone insults them, like when people insult LOTR.

But we have to see their side too. They might love, for instance, Harry Potter and we might not. They’d also get protective if we insulted Harry Potter (which I’m sure we won’t cause we have the maturity and a lot of us like Harry Potter anyway). [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

I still don’t agree with people raving on the Net about how much they hate Tolkien and LOTR and all the rest.
Personally, I don’t think they’ve even read the books but just judged the story by the movies, which isn’t all that wise.

So I think we should just leave them to their own interest, whatever they may be, and we get on with Tolkien and our interests. The best thing is to ignore them, because all they want is attention.

Sorry ‘bout my rambling on. Did I go a little over the top?

~Tarien

06-15-2003, 12:11 AM	#29
Tarien Ithil Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: In the Shade of a Tree Posts: 253	Why do people dislike LOTR? Since you have seen evidence that some people are REALLY passionate about insulting LOTR (read the above), you’d see that people have such different opinions! Like all of you, I can’t believe that people could say such hateful things about LOTR because I’m quite protective over my passions and I get upset if anyone insults them, like when people insult LOTR. But we have to see their side too. They might love, for instance, Harry Potter and we might not. They’d also get protective if we insulted Harry Potter (which I’m sure we won’t cause we have the maturity and a lot of us like Harry Potter anyway). [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I still don’t agree with people raving on the Net about how much they hate Tolkien and LOTR and all the rest. Personally, I don’t think they’ve even read the books but just judged the story by the movies, which isn’t all that wise. So I think we should just leave them to their own interest, whatever they may be, and we get on with Tolkien and our interests. The best thing is to ignore them, because all they want is attention. Sorry ‘bout my rambling on. Did I go a little over the top? ~Tarien __________________ “The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them.” – Sunday Times Crickhollow